ESPN

What is the feeling of a bull break into a corn barn?
When I visited ESPN, if I felt there would be too much to eat, where should I start? I need some sports.
There are a lot of big meals, some of them I even have never touched before? Do they taste good or easy to digest?
I need to start from some favorite meals first because I think I will not regret if have am full of what I like.
If there are some spare places in my bell, I think I would like to give the other food a big bite, if I could find some thing really good, it will be great!

Why we fear?

It is a interesting topic in the HeathyLife.Net Radio.
The hosts ,a female and a male, are talking in the slow rhythm of background music, like chatting between two old friends.
They think that human fears is a kind of abnormal status because they don't believe they can do splendid things and they don't know how powerful they are, it a lost from their nature. I feel very interesting to this opinion. Some people fear to take the elevator, but there should be very safe and there should be nothing to fear. But why they fear, because they don't believe it is safe enough, and they don't believe themselves can be in it comfortably. Fear causes a lot of problems. We may fear new change and fear to lose what we already have.
Most of us may fear spiders and snakes, and we may guess it comes from our evolution history. The program hosts said that fear is coming from the disconnection with god at the beginning when human committed sins. Anyway, it is a interesting topic to consider a little bit when we want to live a health life.

E-say 2008-12-04

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say

Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas

Wrong Pronunciation

: thorne

Wrong Expression

: go for a jaunt or stroll in the park

*jaunt-noun 1. a short journey, esp. one taken for pleasure.

New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

:
Imagine a world in which work was pressure-free, office politics were a
thing of the past, colleagues were always nice to each other and job
security was guaranteed. Nice work, if you can get it.


The
reality is that every job comes with responsibilities, people are often
competitive and pushy and jobs are no longer for life. No matter where
you work and for whom, work can be stressful.



On one
level, pressure at work can be healthy. Feeling the excitement of new
but reasonable demands helps motivation, as the adrenaline that stress
produces pushes us to perform better. But when workload is excessive we
cross the dividing line from 'positive' to 'negative' stress and start
to feel out of control.



what employers can do to reduce stress



investigate stress levels and their likely causes
make sure individuals are well matched to their jobs
set clearly defined objectives for staff
provide training in interpersonal skills
have proper procedures for investigating complaints
introduce flexible working hours
provide opportunities for staff to contribute ideas
provide support for staff experiencing high stress levels
encourage shorter hours.




Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey

E-say 2008-12-03

Today's Correction & Comment:Hi NicholasWrong Expression
: x>little uncle o>youngest unclex>wedding are noisy 'could be a negative statement 0>weddings are livelyNew words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class
:go big or stay home 'expression'

Western wedding
A wedding is often followed or accompanied by a wedding reception, at which an elaborate wedding cake is served. Western traditions include toasting the couple, the newlyweds having the first dance, and cutting the cake. A bride may throw her bouquet to the assembled group of all unmarried women in attendance, with folklore suggesting the person who catches it will be the next to wed. A fairly recent equivalent has the groom throwing the bride's garter to the assembled unmarried men; the man who catches it is supposedly the next to wedThank youTeacher Jeffrey

How to imply the really intention

Dear Bo$$
In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing mo$t de$perately. I think you $hould be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ . worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company.
I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon.
Your$ $incerely,
Marian $hih

reply to her request

Dear Marian
I kNOw you have been working very hard.NOwadays,NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yet.
NOw the newspaper are saying the world`s leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United States may go into aNOther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad.
I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean.

Yours truly,
Manager

Men are from Mars, Women are from the Venus

If you search the title in Google, you will get the result from Wikipedia (the free encyclopedia) that it is one of the series books written by John Gray who is concerning about the communication and emotional needs between the opposite gender.
Men and women are naturally different as if they are beings coming from planets. In contrast, there are some similarities between the sexes against Gary's assertion, or there will be no any platform to communicate.
My wife and I argued about the way to raise our baby. I may want to have fun and play together with him but my wife may concern more about the health and disciplines. There are common ground and also conflicts and sometimes the conflicts are very furious. Tow days ago, we even fight each other. It is said the war will never end.
Recently, I have to move to another city (Zhangjiagang 3-4 hours from Shanghai) to work, it worried me a lot and I even don't know how to arrange the family and especially my 2 year old baby. In such kind of economical weather of Nov. 2008, it seems that we have not too much space to choose a better opportunity. Wife is not easy to work in a industry zone and starts every early each morning to catch the shuttle bus.  It seems so difficult, but there must be a solution and I have think about it tomorrow.

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ScribeFire

I am so happy to find ScribeFire as my blog writer as well as Flock.
It is recommanded that the Windows Live Writer and Zoundry Raven are the best ones to write blogs when offline, but to my laptop, it is alright to it to use Flock and ScribeFire. I guess that is because my firewall has some setting problem.
There is also a Chinese one called (crysanthemum speaking)菊花说，but it is said it is a little bit overstaffed and redundant.
To me, there still have some time to be familiar with the functions of each of both. For there are all FireFox 3 based softwares, Flock seems more independent and ScribeFire will be implanted into FF3. You will have to find where it is on the tool bars if you don't read the intruductions for the beginners.
Another important issue is that they are supporting multiply blogs and you need not to publish blog via log in each of the blogs.
For the Spaces you need to set some E-mail publishing options before using it. Just look at some instructions on the Zoundry web site and you will get the tips.

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E-say 2008-12-02

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say

Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas

Wrong Expression

:
over indulge
New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

:Friedman defines ten "flatteners" that he sees as leveling the global playing field:

#1: Collapse of Berlin Wall--11/'89: The event not only symbolized the end of the Cold war, it allowed people from other side of the wall to join the economic mainstream. (11/09/1989)
#2: Netscape: Netscape and the Web broadened the audience for the Internet from its roots as a communications medium used primarily by 'early adopters and geeks' to something that made the Internet accessible to everyone from five-year-olds to ninety-five-year olds. (8/9/1995). The digitization that took place meant that everyday occurrences such as words, files, films, music and pictures could be accessed and manipulated on a computer screen by all people across the world.
#3: Workflow software: The ability of machines to talk to other machines with no humans involved. Friedman believes these first three forces have become a "crude foundation of a whole new global platform for collaboration."
#4: Open sourcing: Communities uploading and collaborating on online projects. Examples include open source software, blogs, and Wikipedia. Friedman considers the phenomenon "the most disruptive force of all."
#5: Outsourcing: Friedman argues that outsourcing has allowed companies to split service and manufacturing activities into components which can be subcontracted and performed in the most efficient, cost-effective way.
#6: Offshoring: The internal relocation of a company's manufacturing or other processes to a foreign land in order to take advantage of less costly operations there. China's entrance in the WTO allowed for greater competition in the playing field. Now countries such as Malaysia, Mexico, Brazil must compete against China and each other to have businesses offshore to them.
#7: Supply chaining: Friedman compares the modern retail supply chain to a river, and points to Wal-Mart as the best example of a company using technology to streamline item sales, distribution, and shipping.
#8: Insourcing: Friedman uses UPS as a prime example for insourcing, in which the company's employees perform services--beyond shipping--for another company. For example, UPS repairs Toshiba computers on behalf of Toshiba. The work is done at the UPS hub, by UPS employees.
#9: In-forming: Google and other search engines are the prime example. "Never before in the history of the planet have so many people-on their own-had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people", writes Friedman. The growth of search engines is tremendous; for example take Google, in which Friedman states that it is "now processing roughly one billion searches per day, up from 150 million just three years ago".
#10: "The Steroids": Personal digital devices like mobile phones, iPods, personal digital assistants, instant messaging, and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).


Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey

E-say 2008-12-1-01

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say

Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas

Wrong Expression

: reading the newspaper can be informative

New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

:RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place. RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator", which can be web-based or desktop-based. A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's URI (often referred to non-technically as a URL) into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The RSS reader checks the user's subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.




Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey

E-say Month Report

Dear Nicholas,

Summery:
Another month has already flown bye like autumn leaves.  It's amazing how time flies when a student like yourself always seems to put some enlightenment in the lesson .  This past month your performance was awesome in displaying more advanced and technical words. Now that I've become familiar with your voice I can usually determine whether or not you had a long day.  I'm sure once time comes for the exam you'll come in like a rising sun.
Speaking:
You're an outstanding speaker with an ability to speak an array of topics.  Often I try to mix up our interview questions with some off the wall questions and you manage to pull through.
Listening:
You're are a sharp listener and seem to never miss a note or beat for that matter.  As I mentioned in the last monthly report is to try and keep a record  or notes when listening to English audio.
Pronunciation:
This is your strongest area, you might want to go out of your way in finding some on-line Australian content.  Content being main stream Australian media to familiarize yourself with some of the Australian accents and pronunciation.
Vocabulary:
Since you're an adult old learner you need to continue to push yourself towards learning new words of various topics each day.  I do notice you speaking new words daily in our lessons and your pronunciation is very accurate.
Grammar:
This area has been neutral, if you would really like to test your grammar skills and abilities you can try to send me some letters or emails containing short essays and articles of any topic that interest you.  You could try to begin writing immigration letters for my review.

Teacher: Jeffrey

Assistant: Annie

E-say 2008-11-28

Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas

Wrong Pronunciation
: *pornography-*kung-fu
*criticism
New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class
:a strip throat
absurd
adjective 1. utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation
*good words to know 1. ravishing, for complimenting your wife 2. intriguing
Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey

E-say 2008-11-27

Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas

Wrong Expression
: tomb sweeping day

New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class
:
"Heal the World" is a song featured on Michael Jackson's hit album, Dangerous, released in 1991. The music video features children living in countries suffering from unrest. It is also one of only a handful of Michael Jackson's videos not to feature the singer, the others being "Cry", "HIStory" and "Man in the Mirror." (The clips for "HIStory" and "Man in the Mirror" only feature Michael Jackson in archival footage). Jackson performed the song in the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show with a 35000 person flash card performance.
The song reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1992, kept off the #1 position by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You." It fared less well in the US, reaching a peak of #27 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In a 2001 Internet chat with fans, Jackson said "Heal the World" is the song he is most proud to have created. He also created the Heal The World Foundation, a now-defunct charitable organization which was designed to improve the lives of children. The organization was also meant to teach said children about how to help others. This concept of 'betterment for all' would become a centerpiece for the Dangerous World Tour. In the documentary Living with Michael Jackson, Jackson said he created the song in his "giving tree" at the Neverland Ranch.

Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey

E-say 2008-11-26

Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas

Wrong Pronunciation
:
Perfect!!!


Wrong Expression
: roller skating/roller blading/inline skating

New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class
:soya beans are great source of protein

endorsement>the act of endorsing; "a star athlete can make a lot of money from endorsements"

Qigong (or ch'i kung) refers to a wide variety of traditional cultivation practices that involve methods of accumulating, circulating, and working with Qi or energy within the body. Qigong is sometimes mistakenly said to always involve movement and/or regulated breathing; in fact, use of special methods of focusing on particular energy centers in and around the body are common in the higher level or evolved forms of Qigong. Qigong is practised for health maintenance purposes, as a therapeutic intervention, as a medical profession, a spiritual path and/or component of Chinese martial arts.
The qi in qigong means breath or air in Chinese, and, by extension, life force, dynamic energy or even cosmic breath. Gong means work applied to a discipline or the resultant level of skill, so qigong is thus breath work or energy work.
Attitudes toward the scientific basis for qigong vary markedly. Most Western medical practitioners and many practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as the Chinese government, view qigong as a set of breathing and movement exercises, with possible benefits to health through stress reduction and exercise.


Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey

E-say 2008-11-25

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:

Hi Nicholas

Well done tonight, great description you really created a visual image for in your description.

Wrong Expression

: x>cell />cellar


New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

:
Tomorrow we'll focus more on vocabulary you can take a look in your book on page 187 to see more names of flowers.


Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

E-say Manual 2008-11-25

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "说明：第119－122页时适用
Key Vocabulary
Garden: relax one's body and minds, enrich one's knowledge, family activity, picnic, ecological balance, theme park, amusement park, outdoor activity, aerobic exercise, have an excursing/outing, get-together, get close to nature, zoo, Disney Land, global carnival...



Grammar pattern
Giving examples: 'such as', 'for example'
I'm in charge of personnel affairs for my company, such as the employment of staff, the promotion and demotion of employees.
For example, the lake area in the south is divided by a dike, imitating West Lake in Hangzhou.

Presenting expectations:vhope + (that) clause
I hope there are more public parks or gardens in the city.
I hope (that) more public parks or gardens will be free to people to enjoy them.


Useful expression
Topic:weekend/garden or park
1. It's pleasant to chat while enjoying a glass of drink.
2. I think it's important to spend some time to accompany my parents.
3. It becomes a good place for children to play hide-and -seek.
4. Young people hang out there and it's also a suitable place to go on a date.
5. There is a small stage in front of the garden.
6. Gardens or parks are the only places where people can get close to nature.
7. It's not large, but fascinating in design.
8. What I like the best is the garden in the park."

E-say 2008-11-24

Today's Correction & Comment:Hi Nicholas
You did perfect tonight for a surprise interview card. Tomorrow lesson we'll discuss a garden or park you visited.New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class
:I hope this will introduce some new vocabulary words.


The Chinese (Scholar's) Garden is a place for solitary or social contemplation of nature. To be considered authentic, a garden must be built and planned around seventeen essential elements: 1) proximity to the home; 2) small; 3) walled; 4) small individual sections; 5) asymmetrical; 6) various types of spatial connections; 7) architecture; 8) rocks; 9) water; 10) trees; 11) plants; 12) sculpture; 13) jie jing (borrowed scenery); 14) chimes; 15) incense burners; 16) inscriptions; 17) use of feng shui for choosing site.[1]
Chinese gardens were created in the same way as a combination of landscape and paintings together with poems - this was the so-called "poetic garden." The design of Chinese gardens was to provide a spiritual utopia for one to connect with nature, to come back to one's inner heart, to come back to ancient idealism. Chinese gardens are a spiritual shelter for men, a place they could be far away from their real social lives, and close to the ancient way of life, their true selves, and nature. This was an escape from the frustration and disappointment of the political problems in China. They used plants as symbols. Bamboo was used in every traditional Chinese garden. This is because bamboo represents a strong but resilient character. Often pine is used to represent longevity, persistence, tenacity and dignity. The lotus is used to symbolize purity. The flowering plum is one of the most important aspects of a Chinese garden, as it represents renewal and strength of will. Flowering peaches are grown for spring color, and sweet olive as well. The chrysanthemum is use to symbolize splendor, luster and "the courage to make sacrifices for a natural life". Peonies symbolize wealth and banana trees are used simply for the sound they make in the breeze.
Thank youTeacher Jeffrey

E-say Manual 2008-11-21

说明：第114－118页时适用
Key Vocabulary
Garden: relax one's body and minds, enrich one's knowledge, family activity, picnic, ecological balance, theme park, amusement park, outdoor activity, aerobic exercise, have an excursing/outing, get-together, get close to nature, zoo, Disney Land, global carnival...
Grammar pattern
Report reasons: forWhite is always my favorite for its purity and innocence.( for=becsause of )
Emphasize: thoseThose who like pink or yellow are romantic.Those who like red are usually strong in mind and enthusiastic. (Those = those people)
less:less developed areas, well/highly developed areas
Much/ little:There is much entertainments.I know little about countryside life.
Useful expression
Topic: color/city1. It's usually associated with the sky and the ocean.2. I preferred red and pink because they gave me a warm and romantic feeling.3. I'm not very sensitive about colors.4. My mood depends greatly on my own state of mind.5. Red in China is considered as a lucky and happy color.6. There is a wide selections of malls, clothes and gifts.7. They have no chance to find jobs except for being farmers.8. At the same time, the countryside has become poorer.9. The West Developing Project is a case in point.10. I hope to do my best to protect the environment.

E-say 2008-11-21

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:

Hi Nicholas

Superb tonight! Your pronunciation and grammar in the lesson was perfect. I'm really glad that you've noticed improvement from listening to your previous recordings.

:


New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

:The native residents of Hangzhou, like those of Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu, speak a Wu dialect. However, the Wu dialect varies throughout the area where it is spoken, hence, Hangzhou's dialect differs from regions in southern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu. In addition, Putonghua (Mandarin) is also spoken.
Tea is an important part of Hangzhou's economy and culture. Hangzhou is best known for originating Longjing, a famous variety of green tea. Furthermore, there are many types of Longjing tea, the most famous being Xi Hu Long Jing. Known as the best type of Long Jing tea, Xi Hu Long Jing is grown near Xi Hu in Hangzhou, hence its name.
Further, Hangzhou is known for its artistic creations, such as silk, umbrellas, and Chinese hand-held folding fans.
Hangzhou cuisine is the representative of Zhejiang Cuisine, one of China’s eight cuisines. And it wins reputation for freshness, tenderness, softness, smoothness of its dishes with mellow fragrance. A great poet of Song Dynasty once praised it as follows: there’s no food that can compare with the Hangzhou cuisine.



Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

Tomorrow Plaza at People's Square

Shanghai Meglev Train

Parents

I give myself a higher target to write articles better in order to give myself more confidence.
How to accomplish it? I find out that imitation may be the right way to go. First of all, I think I had better to have something to follow.
I decided to imitate the articles from the famous websites such as BBC.
There is an article call the King Liar, I will do like this.

When you walk into the door of my apartment in Pudong in the southeast corner of Shanghai map, you're greeted by a man wearing false teeth who claims to be from a nice place call Iron Pot Store.

No, it's not an commercial soap play, but a gathering of my family members taking charge of the task to take care of the next generation.

Parents from across the distances gather to see each other and live with their children and grand child with their own stories, local food habits and downright languages.

The combination style dates back to the 19th century, when Shanghai began to develop after the Opium War in 1864 and forced to open, became a common thing for generations.

One among the mass is about me who was following his job by leaving hometown in Tianjin and then settled in Shanghai and generate the descendant.

As Pudong's decade of development, the story is now played day to day in the little apartment and daily memories.



True story


Nowadays, people travel from all over the county in order to achieve better life, but only a few have been as successful as what they dreamed of to my knowledge.

Some of the few earned big houses, cars, beautiful wife, and even high ranks, taking the glory of the crown which the most dream.

But to me, parents managed to climb on the long distance train after they closed the doors of their own and left the farm they loved with what they think the best local foods we may like .

Parents form both sides will keep staying with their grandchild for some months and return back to their own lives, they also get some experience they have never had  before stitched into their memories..
I think the trick to let the Chinese serve the third generation is " to base it on the culture and social system"-the most convincing traditions have to take a great role in it.

I entered college school and shed some light on the modern knowledge on how to live in the city, I found out I was motivated by the designed society to get up to learn hard in school days and get change.

I sometimes feel I am frustrated and get very nervous in the run-up to the competition in the society, but we are formed to be like this.Anyway, life is life, it has to be stuck in a certain era.

In any case, oughtn't we be grateful to our upper generations?

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E-say 2008-11-20

Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas
Your vocabulary was a bit lower tonight than usual, try to practice more new words during our lesson.
New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class
These are appliances we use every day in our house. Each word includes a definition and example sentence:
broiler - device for broiling meat That steak was done to perfection. Where did you get that boiler? It's fantastic.
can opener - a device to open cans by cutting around the edges of the rim. Don't open that by hand. Use the can opener!
compactor - device for pressing together; crusher You'd be surprised at how much garbage the compactor can put into one bag!
defroster - mechanism that defrosts The freezer has a built in automatic defroster so ice doesn't collect.
dicer - a machine that slices food thinly You can make a beautiful salad in under two minutes with this fantastic dicer!
dishwasher - device that washes dishes I don't know what I'd do without my dishwasher. I can't imagine having to wash all those dishes by hand!
dryer - device or appliance for removing moisture, as by hot air Honey, where's the dryer? I've just taken a shower and I need to dry my hair.
eggbeater - rotating kitchen device for mixing egg yolk Could you pass me the eggbeater so I can fluff these egg whites for the lemon pie.
fan - device for creating a current of air or a breeze I really don't like using the air-conditioning. I much prefer this fan to keep things cool.
freezer - one that freezes, as a thermally insulated cabinet He goes shopping and buys enough food to put into his freezer for a month.
furnace - structure or apparatus for generating heat Could you check if the furnace is working? It seems so cold in here.
humidifier - apparatus for increasing the humidity in a room It's a good idea to put a humidifier in the room for young babies when they have a cold.
icebox - insulated chest or box in which ice is put to cool We have an icebox out in the backyard where we keep the beer. Feel free to help yourself!
iron - instrument used for taking the wrinkles out of a piece of clothing through heat The production of modern materials such as permanent press has almost made the iron a thing of the past.
juicer - appliance for extracting juice from fruits We use a juicer to make all of our juices in-house. It's really healthy.
oven - chamber or enclosed compartment usually used to cook in, as in a stove I like cooking potatoes in the oven instead of frying them.
percolator - type of coffeepot in which boiling water is forced through a filter Can you plug in the percolator and make us a cup of coffee?
refrigerator - appliance for maintaining foods at a low temperature, or producing ice We keep the bread in the refrigerator.
rotisserie - cooking device equipped with a rotating spit In the summer, we like to use the outdoor rotisserie to cook delicious chicken.
shaver - one that shaves; a device used in shaving I prefer using a shaver instead of a razor.
stove - device used to provide heat (either electric or gas) to cook food I really don't know how to cook. About the only thing I can do is boil an egg on the stove.
toaster - device used to toast bread, esp. by exposure to heat Could you pop this bread into the toaster?
vacuum cleaner - appliance using suction to clean surfaces I used the vacuum cleaner to clean all the rugs - they really needed it.
:Thank youTeacher Jeffrey

Environment Protection

My tutor Jeffrey talked about the environment issues the evening before yesterday, I would put this article in to green in order to show that I am supporting the environment protection. There will be a great amount of new words about this topic to remember, it seemed a heavy task to me. However, I will manage to use them. In fact, I found out time saving is also a kind of environment protection. Why? If your plan is well designed, you will finish a work efficiently and repeats and waiting in line are reduced as a result you save energy,materials and your own time as a kind of most precious non-renewable resource. It could be a little bit of being far-fetched, but it is true to me. My biggest shortcoming is that I indulge myself in some interests and purposeless activities. My wife always says that I wasted a lot of time in doing some so call "versatility". I have to admit that she is quite right sometimes although it hurt to admit, but it really makes me very inefficient, for example, the entering and preparing the examinations. Standbys are clearer than a blind man who is holding the leg of an elephant. Then, how about the 007 and Kara OK party? My reply is, 'I have to think about it.' Time arrangement depends on execution; Execution relies on willingness and self-discipline; Self-discipline requires a strong mind to control your behavior. If you want to finish something, you have to focus on that subject and concentrate on every detail of it, you have to analyze the elements of the subject and the internal and external relations of the elements and etc. These activities are time-consuming, you'd better not to be too curious about other issues which does not relate to this issue.
I lose hope of myself to be a strong sports man, a musician, a painter, a scientist, a politician,and so on, but I still have dream to be a better guy who can be proud of himself.
Time and tide wait for no man, it is very impartial to everyone.
To be an ecologist, start from your own behavior. Although there are still a lot of things to do to protect our environment, the first step should be launched.
I do not hope everything be done in one go, but little steps need to be hurried. By doing little efforts, such as to persuade someone to put the rubbish in the can rather than throwing it on the street randomly, to recycle water before it is discharged, etc. In doing so, we can form a synergy to change the world in a big leap forward.

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E-say Manual 2008-11-19

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "说明：第109－113页时适用
Key Vocabulary
Furnitures & furnishing:
antique furniture, bamboo, deside table, easy chair, versatile, classical, armchair, bookcase, coffee table, dinning table, dressing table, folding chair, screen, contemporary design, comfort, interior design, traditional design...


Grammar pattern
be interested in + doing sth.
I'm interested in drawing pictures of grand buildings.

be crazy about + sth/doing sth.
I was crazy about constructing houses with locks when I was a child.

Perfect present tense:
There have been more and more high buildings around.

Passive voice:
Several highways have been built to link the suburb to downtown.


Useful expression
Topic: Housing/apartment or house
1. It's a little far away from my college.
2. It is said that the wall can keep the evil things off the house.
3. We can enjoy the singing from the birds from time to time.
4. I'm quite satisfied with my living place.
5. As a matter of fact, we seldom communicate with each other.
6. I think it is good to get along well with the neighbors.
7. It is a warm place for me where I can do things at my will.
8. I'm quite content with my living place."

E-say Manual 2008-11-19

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "说明：第109－113页时适用
Key Vocabulary
Furnitures & furnishing:
antique furniture, bamboo, deside table, easy chair, versatile, classical, armchair, bookcase, coffee table, dinning table, dressing table, folding chair, screen, contemporary design, comfort, interior design, traditional design...


Grammar pattern
be interested in + doing sth.
I'm interested in drawing pictures of grand buildings.

be crazy about + sth/doing sth.
I was crazy about constructing houses with locks when I was a child.

Perfect present tense:
There have been more and more high buildings around.

Passive voice:
Several highways have been built to link the suburb to downtown.


Useful expression
Topic: Housing/apartment or house
1. It's a little far away from my college.
2. It is said that the wall can keep the evil things off the house.
3. We can enjoy the singing from the birds from time to time.
4. I'm quite satisfied with my living place.
5. As a matter of fact, we seldom communicate with each other.
6. I think it is good to get along well with the neighbors.
7. It is a warm place for me where I can do things at my will.
8. I'm quite content with my living place."

E-say 2008-11-19

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:

Hi Nicholas

Tomorrow we shold continue with part three to discuss some interior design and various pieces of furniture.

Wrong Pronunciation

:
since 2004
pink cloth

Wrong Expression

: 1st floor or ground floor

x>layers 0>floors or storey
New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

condominium:
an apartment house, office building, or other multiple-unit complex, the units of which are individually owned, each owner receiving a recordable deed to the individual unit purchased, including the right to sell, mortgage, etc., that unit and sharing in joint ownership of any common grounds, passageways, etc


Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

E-say2008-11-18

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas


Tomorrow we can continue with environmental issues with part 3.


Wrong Expression

: Rustic in your book may have a wrong translation.....


New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

*a very small island.
*relics
:noun 1. a surviving memorial of something past.
2. an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past: a museum of historic relics.
to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.

*rustic-to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.

Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

Flock

In order to make blogging faster I searched for the softwares on the internet. Now I am trying to use Flock to blog. After installation, I find, first of all, it is a very good Feeds reader and the interface is very friendly. Now I am learning how to blog trough it, this article is a test.

Now I push the Publish button at the right down side of this interface.

Yeah, I see it on my blog. Come back to edit it, it seems so easy for I've saved it by Flock and open it again and add this sentences i am typing. What I need to do is to Publish it again and replace the old one. It is really so good in editing the articles, so I love it now.

But there is still a question, how to edit with pictures easily, I need to discover it.

Blogged with the Flock Browser

E-say Manual 2008-11-17

说明：第101－108页时适用
Key Vocabulary
Travelling:backpack travel, travel agency, tour guide, tourist, guidebook, historical/cultural heritage, acient monument, hot travel spot, landscape, legacy, traditional architecture, vocation destination, isolated, spectacular, seaside, grassland, rainforest, island, jungle, harbor, basin, stream, underground/subway, pedestrain, congestion, parking lot, punctual...Verbs: creat, promote, enhance, reduce, improve, stimulate, broaden, exchange, purchase, destroy, increase...
Grammar pattern
Time clasue-when:When we had a rest on the strand, I picked some stones as souvenir.
Impersonal passive voice:It is realized that the worsening of environment will affect our life.
"In order to":In order to live a better life, people have to exploit various energies on the earth in the future.People have to exploit various energies on the earth in order to live a better life in the future.
Useful expression
Topic: transportation/natural beautry1. I have to wait in the heavy traffic for a long time.2. It originates from a small river on the western snow mountain.3. It was named after a mountain at the endpoint of the Three Gorges.4. I was moved by the power of the creations of nature.5. None of them have such a peaceful life. 6. More and more people have been aware of the importance of environment protection.7. I think most are not aware enough of the enviromental issues.

E-say 2008-12-17

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas

Wrong Expression

: tranquil-
1. free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: a tranquil country place.
2. free from or unaffected by disturbing emotions; unagitated; serene; placid: a tranquil life.

forestry conservation


New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

:*tempura-noun Japanese Cookery. seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and deep-fried.



Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

How To Cook Guobaorou

Guo Bao Rou(锅包肉) is a typical northeast China local dish, it is welcomed by not only Northeast China but all over the globe. My tutor Jeffery has stayed in Harbin in Northeast China to teach English for some time and he is now teaching me spoken English via E-say in Philipine by telephone calls . When we talked about the meal, he missed the Guobaorou he had enjoyed in the period very much. He gave me a task to write the the recipe of it. I searched on the internet and try to find some easy way to deal with it. Lucky me, I found a lot as reference.

Feature:

It is luster golden yellow, crisp outside and tender inside, sour and sweet delicious, in addition it is not greasy, and suits to eat in the four seasons, whets and increases the appetites.

The general procesure:
Get the tenderloin(里脊) slices salted in a bowl for a while with salty juice;
Wrap up with the starchy think liquid;
Put them into pot and fry them into the golden yellow color;
Again puts into the pot stir-fry and mix with sauce .

Details procedures:　

Ingredients:

Main: tenderloin slices (320 grams), shreded Chinese onion(1 soupspoon), shreded ginger (1 soupspoon), cuted coriander (2 soupspoon) 　

Salty juice: Salt (1/5 soupspoon), cooking wine (1 soupspoon), chicken powder (1/3 soupspoon), starch (2 soupspoon)

Thicken Soup: soybean sauce (2 soupspoon), white sugar (2 soupspoon), rice vinegar (5 soupspoon), chicken powder (1/2 soupspoon), the starch (1 soupspoon), water (1/2 cup)

Starchy thick liquid: flour for frying (5 soupspoon), oil (1/2 soupspoon), water (1/2 cup)

Others: Oil (1 bowl)

1: get pork washed, cut it into the thin slices, add the Salty Juice and put aside in a bowl to cure it for 30 minutes. 　This piece of pork is called tenderloin, because it is the tenderest part of a loin of pork along either side of the backbone and between the ribs and hips.








2: Take a spatial bowl to make the Salty Juice.

3: Again takes a spatial bowl, to make the Starchy Thick Liquid.

4:Wraps up one slice with the starchy power (don't have to much, only a thin skin) and put it into starchy thick liquid, then enter it into a plate and it is ready for next step.








5: burn the bowl of oils not too hot, how to test? insert bamboo chopsticks waits until little babbles appears all around them,





Inserts the dried pork slices to the oil until they get the golden yellow color, drain them until drying oil and they are ready for next step. ( The slices need to be put into the oil piece by piece in order not to let them stuck together, don't fry them to old)

6: Burn a soupspoon oil, fry the shredded ginger and the Chinese onion till you smeel the fragrance, pour the good dried pork slices to stir-fry , pour the prepared Thicken Soup, to scatter cutted coriander at the surface onto a dish.

7: enjoy your masterpiece and be a gourmet. Hope Mater Jeffrey learn to cook for himself and his wife and then his newborn baby. I will cook it by following this recipe this weekend for my family, and I think they will love it.

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E-say 2008-11-14

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:

Hi Nicholas


Since I'm moving into my new place soon I will have a chance to start cooking once again. It would be great if you can share a nice classic Chinese recipe with me.

The City God Temple of Shanghai is a temple in the old city of Shanghai, China, and is today the central feature of a large retail and entertainment district. The temple is colloquially known in Shanghai as the 'Old City God Temple', in reference to a later, 'New City God Temple' which no longer exists.

Wrong Pronunciation

: European colonials

Try to follow the proper procedure of a cooking recipe.

Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

E-say Manual 2008-11-13

说明：第94－100页时适用
Key Vocabulary
Building: apartment, balcony, brick building, villa, wooden architecture, tower, palace, mansion, monument, court, passage, kitchen, bathroom/washing room, lounge, cellar, garage, blind, skyscraper, plaza, cottage, temple, corridor, eaves, rafer, bedroom, living, double glazing,room/sitting room, attic, storeroom...Architectural style: traditional, layout, delicate design, well-preserved, balanced, diversified, ingenious layout, symmetrical, simply-designed...
Grammar pattern
Present perfect tense:I've been to most of the major cities in China.I've never been to some major cities in China.I've also traveled to some European countries.I haven't traveled to any Enropean countries.
Not(only)…but (also)…:I enjoy not only seeing pretty scenes, but communicating with local people ot other tourists.I like the library not only for its distinctive Chinese feature, but also for its rich collection of books.
Useful expression
Topic: traveling/ famous building1. I'm interested in business and eager to be a businesswoman.2. The scenery there is so different from that in the north.3. I tasted delicious seafood cooked in various ways.4. I arrange them into different files according to the places I visited.5. They remind me of the pleasant trips whenever I see them.6. The books in the library are well arranged.7. A lot of changes have taken place in the past decades and many stylish.8. The windows are double layered to ward off the freezing cold in winter.

E-say 2008-11-13

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas

Wrong Pronunciation

: 'Golden Prosperity Building'


Wrong Expression

: brother in law
common laws (family)

it has a revolving restaurant
skyscraper or highriser
New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

:crew-noun a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together: the crew of a train; a wrecking crew.

The exterior curtain wall is made of glass, stainless steel, aluminium, and granite, and is criss-crossed by complex latticework cladding made of aluminum alloy pipes.
The building has 3 main entrances to the lobby, two for the office portion and one for the hotel.


Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

God is Imaginary - 50 simple proofs

Bible is a religion and a way to deal with life and society, it helped human being developed mordern civilization, but how to look upon these questions on the website God is Imaginary - 50 simple proofs is still a big puzzle. I have to say, the proved seems very scientific and logical.

We all want to live in a homonious society based on the basic values such as love, equality, freedom etc. and all these values was emphasized in the New Testament. By this means, God is good.

It seems there is a contradiction between the values and the scienctific proves.

We need to find a way to solve this problem, when people are not afraid of the God, they may lose the basic values and commit sins. Then, the sociaty will go into a wrong direction.

Where is the road? We have to find a way out.

What is God? Why do we need to follow him?

What is scientice? Why do we need to have it?

To make it clear, first of all, I think we need to compare them to find out what they are in common and what they differ from each other.

Essence of God

Essence of God

The Essence of God
The phrase "Essence of God" is a theological term used to refer to God's personal characteristics, or to the facets of His personality. Sometimes the term "Attributes of God" is used to refer to God's essence. The "attributes", or the "essence", of God are His primary characteristics, so they cannot be completely communicated to man. They can be described to a degree, but they cannot be fully defined. Finite man cannot define the infinite. The Bible is the Word of God, and as such it reveals those facts about the Creator that He has seen fit to reveal about Himself.Man suppose that God thinks like a man. We think God wants revenge, because when we're insulted, we want revenge. When we are cheated, we want immediate justice and retribution. We are indignant and shocked at the behavior of others, so we expect God to be shocked.But God does not feel insulted. He does not feel cheated - He owns everything. He is not indignant, temperamental, or emotional. He does not throw tantrums (or lightning bolts). He is not surprised or shocked by anything. He is never depressed or moody.God is not arrogant or egotistical. He knows Himself, is self-assured, and is humble.God is a rational, logical, stable-minded, patient; and all of His thinking is backed up by His omniscience. And He approaches every issue from the basis of His perfect character, the subject of this study.God approaches every issue regarding human beings out of His love for all men. His thinking toward man takes all of His attributes into consideration - but Love is always present. It is God's thinking about us, in love, that is His perfect Grace thinking. He is always gracious, always thinks Grace.Spirituality is one of God's primary attributes. God is immaterial, in a universe that is made up of both material and immaterial. God has revealed something of what He is in the Word, but only He knows Himself fully. We must rely on what is written in the Bible for any understanding of what God is like.The fact that God is a spiritual being means that He lives. Spirituality implies life. Jer. 10:10 and 1 Th. 1:9 tell us that God is alive and well. The life of God has no beginning and no ending. God is eternal. The Christian shares God's eternal life, but since his eternal life has a beginning at the time he accepted Jesus Christ as Saviour, his eternal life is properly called "everlasting life".All of the characteristics of the divine essence are present in God at all times, but not all are manifest at the same time, just as while all colors are present in a ray of white light, the individual colors can be seen only under certain conditions of reflection or refraction. Various attributes of God can be seen in certain situations. For example:* In salvation, God's love and eternal life are apparent.* In judgment, His righteousness and justice are manifested.* In God's faithfulness, His immutability and veracity are shown.* In God's Plan, His omniscience and sovereignty are seen.* In God's will, sovereignty is paramount.* In God's revelation, veracity, love, and omniscience are obvious.The rest of this paper is devoted to a description of the ten characteristics of the Essence of God as seen in the various Bible passages that describe them.
SOVEREIGNTY
God is the supreme being of the universe.Deut. 4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord, he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath; there is none else. I Sam. 2:6-8 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich; he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the refuse, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory; for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.I Chron. 29:11 Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine. This is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. II Chron. 20:6 And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? And rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the nations? And in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?Psalm 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.Isaiah 45:5,6 I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me. That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.Acts 17:24 God, who made the world and all things in it, seeing that he is the Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.God has a will. He is eternal, infinite, and self-determining. He makes decisions, policies, sets up principles. This is divine volition.Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?Heb. 6:13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself.Psalm 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises with understanding.Psa 115:3 But our God is in the heavens; he hath done whatsoever he pleased.In His sovereignty, God decided to give man a free will. The meeting place of Man's will and God's will is the Cross. (John 3:16)God's sovereign plan for the human race is first, salvation, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 16:31); second, during life on earth as a believer, to be filled with the Holy Spirit and to grow in Christ (Eph 5:18; I Peter 3:18); and third, to have eternal life in heaven, in a resurrection body.
RIGHTEOUSNESS
God is absolutely holy, or righteous.Psalm 145:17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.Lev. 19:2b Ye shall be holy; for I, the Lord your God, am holy.I Sam. 2:2 There is none holy like the Lord; for there is none beside thee, neither is there any rock like our God.Psalm 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou who inhabitest the praises of Israel.Ps. 111:9 He sent redeption unto his people; he hath commanded his covenant forever; holy and reverend is his name. Isaiah 6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory. God is good.Ps. 25:8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will he teach sinners in the way.Ps. 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who trusteth in him. Ps. 86:5 For thou, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy unto all those who call upon thee. God is free from sin.II Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him, who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. I John 1:5 This, then, is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.God is perfect in His character and Person.Deut. 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice; a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. Ps. 7:9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just; for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts. Rom. 1:17 For in it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith; as it is written The just shall live by faith.Psalms 11:7; 97:6; 111:3; 119:137; Jer. 23:6; John 17:25; Rom. 10:3; I John 2:29.God is righteous in all His attitudes and actionsDeut. 32:4; 2 Sam. 22:31; Ps. 119:137; 145:17; Dan. 9:14; Rev. 19:2In the application of the concept of God's righteousness (+R) to the unbeliever, it is important to remember that His righteousness is absolute. This means that He cannot fellowship with sin. He must demand the same perfection of His creatures. Man's concept of righteousness is relative (Isa. 64:6); but no one can measure up to the divine standard nor achieve absolute righteousness by self-effort. However, the righteousness of God is freely available to all who believe. Psalm 14:3; Rom. 3:23; Tit. 3:5; Rom. 3:22
JUSTICE
God is Just, and cannot be unfair. His justice demands that disobedience against His laws be punished. Justice administers the penalty that right-eousness demands.Psalm 19:9 ...the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. Psalm 50:6 ...for God is judge himself. Psalm 58:11 ...verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. Rom. 3:26 To declare at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Heb. 10:30,31 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Heb. 12:231 John 1:9Rev. 15:3God's justice is satisfied because of His grace provision of redemption. The Lord Jesus Christ, through his substitutionary, effective death on the Cross, transferred the guilt of the sinner onto Himself, thus satisfying the justice of God. God is now free to pardon the sinner and justify the one who accepts His saving grace. God is equally free to justly condemn all who reject salvation. The basis of their indictment is works, never sins.1 Pet. 2:24Rom. 5:12; 6:23; 3:21-28; 4:5; 8:1John 3:18,36; 5:28-30.Grace always precedes judgment.
LOVE
God is eternal and unchangeable love.Jer. 31:3 The Lord has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. God, in His sovereignty, decided to treat man in grace. It is His love that motivates His grace. Righteousness and Justice stood in the way because of the sin barrier between man and God. In Love, God the Father sent His Son to the cross to die for the sins of the whole world. Righteousness and Justice are thus satisfied, the barrier is removed, and love and grace can be given to men. Eph. 2:8,9Isa. 59:2John 3:16.
ETERNAL LIFE
God is absolute existence.Ex. 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. God has neither beginning nor end. God existed in eternity past, and He will exist forever.Gen. 1:1 In the beginning, God...Isa. 43:13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?Col. 1:17 And He is before all things, and by him all things consist.Deut. 32:40; 33:27; Job 36:26; Psa. 9:7; 90:2; 102:37: 135:13; Lam. 5:19; Hab. 3:6; John 1:1-4; 1 Tim. 1:17; 1 John 5:11; Rev. 1:8; 21:6; 22:16The believer in Christ has everlasting life.John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have everlasting life.John 10:28,29 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 1 John 5:11; John 8:51: 14:1-3The unbeliever will experience everlasting punishment.Matt 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
OMNISCIENCE
God is all-knowledge.1 Sam. 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.Job 31:4 Doth he not see my ways, and count all my steps?Job 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.Psalm 139:1-12Psalm 147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.Jer. 16:17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.Matt. 10:29,30 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Heb. 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.Job 37:16; 42:2Eze. 11:5God is infinite in wisdom and understanding.1 Sam. 16:7 ...for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.Psalm 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoewth the secrets of the heart.Prov. 3:19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.Jer. 17:10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.Jer. 51:15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.Matt. 6:8 ...for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.Rom. 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.Psalm 147:5; Prov. 17:3; Isa. 40:13,14; Nahum 1:7; Rom. 11:33; 1 John 3:20God knows the end from the beginning (foreknowledge).Isa. 41:26; 42:9; 43:9; Isa. 46:10; Acts 2:23; 15:18; 1 Pet. 1:2As God, the Lord Jesus Christ knew all things and all men.Matt. 9:4; John 2:24; 19:28; 21:17Application to believers:Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.Matt. 6:31-33 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoewth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
OMNIPRESENCE
God is ever-present, neither limited by time nor space, immanent and transcendant.Jer. 23:24; Acts 17:27The heavens cannot contain God.1 Kings 8:27; Acts 17:24Heaven is His throne, the earth His footstool.Deut. 4:39; Isa. 66:1Man cannot escape the presence of God.Job. 34:21,22; Psalm 139:7-10; Prov. 15:3The Christian can take great comfort in the presence of God.Gen. 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land/ for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.Josh. 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage: be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.Ex. 33:14; Psalm 121:3,4; Matt. 18:20; 1 Cor. 3:16; Heb. 13:5
OMNIPOTENCE
God is all-powerful and limitless in ability.Gen. 17:1; 18:14; Job 26:7; 42:2; Psa. 24:8; 93:1; 147:5; Isa. 40:26; 50:2; Jer. 27:5; 32:27; Matt. 19:26; Mark 14:36; Luke 1:37; Rev. 4:8God is limitless in authority.Psa. 33:9; Rom. 13:1Heb. 1:3 He upholds all things by the word of His power.Rev. 19:6Scriptures show the manifestation of God's power.2 Chron. 16:9; 25:8; Psa. 74:13The power of God's Son.Matt. 9:6; 28:18; John 10:18; 17:2,3The application of God's omnipotence to the Christian Way of Life.1 Sam. 17:47; Psa. 27:1; Isa. 26:4; 40:29; Jer. 33:3; Acts 1:8; 1 Cor. 15:43; 2 Cor. 9:8; Eph. 1:19; 3:20; Phil. 4:13; 2 Tim. 1:12; Heb. 7:25; 1 Peter 1:5
IMMUTABILITY
God is neither capable of nor susceptible to change.Psa. 102:26,27; Mal. 3:6; Heb. 1:12God is absolute stability.Isa. 40:28; James 1:17God's Word and His works are unchanging.Psa. 119:89; Eccl. 3:14; Isa. 40:8God's great faithfulness is a product of His immutability.Psa. 36:5; 89:33; 119:90; Lam. 3:23He is faithful to keep His promises.Num. 23:19; 1 Kings 8:56; 2 Cor. 1:20; Tit. 1:2; Heb. 10:23; 11:11He is faithful to forgive, 1 John 1:9.He is faithful to keep us saved, 2 Tim. 2:12,13.He is faithful to deliver in times of pressure, 1 Cor. 10:13.He is faithful in suffering, 1 Pet. 4:19He is faithful to provide in eternity, 1 Thess. 5:24.He is faithful to stabilize the believer, 2 Thess. 3:3The faithfulness of Christ.Heb. 3:1,2; 13:8; Rev. 1:5; 19:11
VERACITY
God is absolute Truth, Deut. 32:4God's truth is manifested: - in His ways.Psa. 25:10; 86:15; Rev. 15:3- in His worksPsa. 33:4; 111:7,8; Dan. 4:37- in His Word2 Sam. 7:28; 1 Kings 17:24; Psa. 19:9; 119:142,151; 138:2; John 8:45; 17:17; 2 Cor. 6:7; Eph. 1:13The Veracity of the Godhead:The Father -Psa. 31:5; Isa. 65:16; Jer. 10:10; John 3:33; 17:3; Rom. 3:4The Son -John 1:14; 8:32; 14:6; 1 John 5:20; Rev. 16:7; 19:11The Holy Spirit -John 14:17; 15:26; 16:13; 1 John 5:6Application of God's Veracity to the Christian.Prov. 6:16,17; Matt. 5:37; 2 Tim. 2:15; 1 John 4:6
THE TRINITY
There are three distinct Persons of the Godhead, each possessing the entire essence of deity. The three Persons comprise what the Scripture represents as the ONE TRUE GOD. In the unity of the Godhead (Acts 17:29; Rom. 1:20; Col. 2:9) there are three Persons on one substance, power and eternity (Isa. 48:16; Luke 3:22; John 14:16; Rom. 15:30; 1 Cor. 12:4-6; 1 John 4:13,14)The full title of God is "God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit". (Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14). Each Person is made up of the same divine characteristics, making each equal to either of the other two (John 10:30; 16:15) Therefore, when the Bible speaks of God as being One, it is a reference to Essence; when speaking of the members of the Godhead, it is a reference to the Persons.

E-say 2008-11-12

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:

Hi Nicholas

This is a great website for translating websites babelfish.yahoo.com

Vocabulary list

stuffy, muggy,mist,drizzle, light moderate heavy showers, down pour,
:
Wrong Expression

: resolved
yesterday i ate chicken

New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

:
The China water crisis threatens the stability and prosperity not only in People's Republic of China but globally too, according to John McAlister from the firm Aquabiotronics. According to the World Bank forecast, Mainland China has only a per-capita share of 2700 cubic meters per annum, one quarter of the world's average

Waterbodies are polluted through continuous emissions as well as spills during emergencies. Continuous emissions are from industrial and municipal point sources, as well as from nonpoint sources such as pesticides and fertilizers.

Several authorities have responsibility for dealing with water. Water pollution is the responsibility of the environmental authorities, but surface water itself is managed by the Ministry of Water Resources. Urban water supply and wastewater is dealt with by the Ministry of Construction, but groundwater falls within the realm of the Ministry of Land and Resources.


Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

Xitang

I had a one day trip to Xitang with Jenny and Xiao Fang. It is chracterized with its close to water civic building with white walls and triditional eaves. Usually there will be a arch bridge sitting on the little river adding another half circle reflecting in the water, there is always a perfect one, and some boats calmly sail on the mirror liked river which like a gueniouse painter who changes the picture in to a oil painting. With hanging red lantenta from the front of the eaves decorated in front of the ancient Chinese style wooden widdows and doors, it changes the air into a truanquil and harmonious atomsphere.

Yuyuan

Yu Gardern locates at the center of Shanghai, which is a part of the old County.
The mordern Shanghai is a wonder, but people still like to take Yuyang as a must-to-go spot when visiting Shanghai. I also think, the culture content is more affulent in this than that.

The Bund

The Bund (Waitan)is the evidence of Shanghai's development in the hundred years of history. It is called the exhibition of the multi-nations and formed in the late of Qing Dynasty. Now Shanghai is the most advance city in China and will be more in the future. You can see the highest buildings in the city and in China just take you eye across the Huang Pu River to Pudong.
Podong is the evidence of the mordern China in the 21st century, although it is a little bit well known , it still give you a shock when you first visit Shanghai.
I went to The Bund several times, it is now under construction, there will be a channel built under the road and let the traffic go without too much affect the scenes.

E-say

外教英语口语培训易说堂英语，e-say电话英语, 口语,听力,发音, 英语
I started to study via E-say for speaking English.
It is a remote educational system by phone call and internet medias. It has a strong group of native English speakers contributing in this career.
By chance, Jeffrey became my speaking tutor.
Name： Jeffrey Age： 30
Education： Bachelor of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick(Canada)Integrated all aspects of effective management in an organization, which included effective oral/written communications, financial aspects (general accounting), Database management, Human Resources, advance spread sheet. Program also covered advanced areas of advertisement, digital imaging, editing, layout design, print publishing, and marketing communications.*Microsoft Administration Certificate, Adobe Application Certificate, General Accounting.
Work Experience： 6 years experience as ESL trainer/teacher (k-12, adults, business English)Extensive networking and marketing background Strong public relations and human resource skills
Motto：
Hobbies： 4-H, Volunteer in leading youth adventure activities.Volunteer youth instructor for children cyber camp.Skiing, hiking, sailing, football and golf.

He is very reponsible, he gives very objective comments on my speaking and give very useful kit on how to make it better. I think as time goes on, I will be one of his friends.

E-say 2008-11-11

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas



Wrong Expression

: abundance/several/plenty/heap/ gread deal are alternatives for a lot of or much
I captured or caught the fish.
laying in the shade

New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

a bowl of cereal is common in American households in the morning which usually consist of oats, or whole grains and sometimes people will add dry or fresh fruits with a small amount of milk

:scrumptious--adjective very pleasing, esp. to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown


Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

E-say 2008-11-10

Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi NicholasMain article: Environmental threats to the Great Barrier ReefThe most significant threat to the Great Barrier Reef is climate change.Mass coral bleaching events due to rising ocean temperatures occurred in of the summers of 1998, 2002 and 2006, and coral bleaching will likely become an annual occurrence. Climate change has implications for other forms of life on the Great Barrier Reef as well - some fish's preferred temperature range lead them to seek new areas to live, thus causing chick mortality in seabirds that prey on the fish. Climate change will also affect the population and available habitat of sea turtles.
Another key threat faced by the Great Barrier Reef is pollution and declining water quality. The rivers of north eastern Australia provide significant pollution of the Reef during tropical flood events with over 90% of this pollution being sourced from farms. Farm run-off is polluted as a result of overgrazing and excessive fertiliser and pesticide use. Due to the range of human uses made of the water catchment area adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, water quality has declined owing to the sediment and chemical runoff from farming, and to loss of coastal wetlands which are a natural filter. It is thought that the mechanism behind poor water quality affecting the reefs is due to increased light and oxygen competition from algae.
The crown-of-thorns starfish is a coral reef predator which preys on coral polyps. Large outbreaks of these starfish can devastate reefs. In 2000, an outbreak contributed to a loss of 66% of live coral cover on sampled reefs in a study by the CRC Reefs Research Centre. Outbreaks are believed to occur in natural cycles, exacerbated by poor water quality and overfishing of the starfish's predators.
The unsustainable overfishing of keystone species, such as the Giant Triton, can cause disruption to food chains vital to life on the reef. Fishing also impacts the reef through increased pollution from boats, by-catch of unwanted species (such as dolphins and turtles) and reef habitat destruction from trawling, anchors and nets. As of the middle of 2004, approximately one-third of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is protected from species removal of any kind, including fishing, without written permission.
Other threats to the Great Barrier Reef include shipping accidents, oil spills, and tropical cyclones.
I will prepare some physical geography terms for your review by email this week so you can apply to your interviews. Tomorrow we can continue on page 90.Thank youTeacher Jeffrey

English as a Second Language Podcast

English as a Second Language Podcast

ESL is one of my favorite program to learn english, it is really helpful to me in listening and speaking.
I introduced it to Jenny and she likes it very much as well. If we were taught like this at the very beginning, we would be much better in this language.
ESL is really English not only in its contents but also the way it deliveres to you. It has Daily Life,Health/Medicine, Shopping/Relationships and etc., almost everything. And it has also a Cafe which is very special focusing on a certain subject.
I would like ESL as my main learning tool in my spare time, and you too.

blog admin

I have to say I live this kind of work to write on the blog.
I set baikwangjun@hotmail.com as the admin and guangjunbai2008@gmail.com as a member, so that I will have tow accounts to write the blog. From now no, I can set more users to write on this blog, I is so cool to write here as a good practice.
Put thing in one go to make it convenient, I change the admin into the last one, because the google tool bar has a send to fundtion, it will be very easy for you to write a blog like this then.
Haha, the guest kicks the host out of the door. I have to say, the google toolbar icons and the google desktop are very good and convenient tools for it establish the an office on the net for you. The google Documents and Calenders are also very useful as well, you also can share some of you information through these tools in the net work with you friends which is amasing.
Fotunately, I found back my long lost gmail account guangjun.bai@gmail.com , so again, I set the admin to it as my favorite.

白的空间

白的空间
November 09
Beginning of the winter in 2008
It is a nice day in Shanghai and a little bit of cool, a lazy and short week end in the beginning of the winter in 2008.
I am here in the office to learn English though I am missing my little baby a little.
It is very happy that in the digital world I met somebody and began to talk to each other.
But in the afternoon, the silence is changing my feeling.
What happened to me?
I felt I was such kind of ego with contradiction, just like the silent office, nobody should work on weekends, but I am here to study English.
I have been in Shanghai for 7 years since April of 2002. I remembered at that time I was alone and feels alone just like I am now in the office, especially when the ventilation is blowing slightly from the screens from the ceiling. It is making me feel like I am living in a office of South Pole surrounded by the miles of miles snows. But I know the out side is so crowded.
My wife and I planned to live in different place, mostly could be in Australia for the other half of our lives or we don't know.
Anyway, we began to fine something new and step forward. We want to jump of the little box to see the world.
Runrun has no choice in this time, we will make decision for him, haha, we don't know he does like it or nor, but I see he likes the blue blue sea and the sky.
Wish god bless us.

E-say 2008-11-07

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:

Hi Nicholas

Grand Gateway Shanghai (Chinese: 港汇广场) is an office complex consisting of two skyscrapers in the Xujiahui area of Shanghai, China designed by Callison Architecture. The twin buildings were completed in 2005. Each tower is 262 m high and has 52 stories.
Construction of the towers was halted in 1997 due to the Asian financial crisis and too much Shanghai office space. However, in 2002, construction recommenced and the tower was completed in 2005.
The tower is the 71st tallest existing building in the world when measured up to the highest architectural point which is the top of the dome. The height of the roof is 224.9 metres.
The Grand Gateway shopping mall is located at the base of the towers.




Wrong Expression

: **sleep-in
to spend or pass in sleep (usually fol. by away or out): to sleep the day away.
**flea market？
–noun a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc.
**antiques-
**vendor license-

Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

E-say 2008-11-06

说明：第74－79页时适用
Key Vocabulary
Clothes: formal clothes, casual clothes, sport wear, traditional clothes, T-shirt, jumper, trousers, shirt, blouse, dress, sweater, tailcoat, cardigan, pants, socks, jacket, tights, evening suit, evening dress, waistcoat, bow tie, plain, checked, sleeveless, collarless, striped, losse, tight, match, decent, unique, glamour, style, temperament, taste, elegant, trendy, casual, feature, try on, be out of fashion...Shopping: store, shopping mall, necessity, bargain, supermarket, free market, discount, luxury, window-shopping...
Grammar pattern
Collocations:occupy my free time, leisure activities, go shopping, on the weekend, try on different clothes, pick/choose my favorite clothes, after class, natural materials, go around the world, pay attention to, follow the fashion, at the same time, on this occasion, according to...
Connectors: too/eitherI think behavious are important too.There were fewer clothes stores either.
Useful expression
Topic: shopping/clothes1. I'm going to learn the foundation courses for graduates.2. Some daily necessaries and clothes are what I mainly purchase.3. Formal clothes are look mature and proffessional.4. It's hard to say what kind is popular because there are various styles.5. They save the student's time in choosing clothes, they restrict children's personalities as well.6. The style of uniform is out of date.7. I seldom wear it because it is too formal.8. A person's appearence does say plenty about him.

E-say 2008-11-06

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:
Hi Nicholas

Wrong Pronunciation

: earings


Wrong Expression

: leisurewear-casual clothes that are designed for wear during leisure time.

shinning.sparkling-sparkling
Synonyms: animated, bright, brilliant, coruscant, dazzling, effervescent, flashing, gleaming, glistening, glistering, glittering, impassioned, lambent, lively, mantling, shimmering, shining, spirited, starry, vigorous


New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class

:pedestrianised
**Nanjing Road is the world's longest shopping district, around 6 km long, and attracts over 1 million visitors daily..


Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

E-say 2008-11-05

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:

Hi Nicholas

Nice choice of vocabulary words in tonight description.
:

New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class
:
Following the relaxation of communist clothing standards in the 1980s, Chinese fashion grew closer to that of the rest of East Asia. Contemporary urban clothing seemed to have developed an obsession with brand names. In major urban centres, especially Shanghai, an increased western look is preferred, and there is an emphasis on formal wear over casual wear for adults on the streets. Teenagers prefer brand names. Children usually wear clothes decorated with cartoon characters.
However, there is also effort by some to revive traditional clothing forms such as the hanfu by the hanfu movement. At an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shanghai in 2001, the host presented silk-embroided tangzhuang jackets as the Chinese traditional national costume.

Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

E-say 2008-11-04

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:

Hi Nicholas

hardy meals
clean crisp air
lower employement rate
harvesting
next class we can discuss DIY
:
The phrase 'do it yourself' came into common usage in the 1950s in reference to various jobs that people could do in and around their houses without the help of professionals. A very active community of people continues to use the term DIY to refer to fabricating or repairing things for home needs, on one's own rather than purchasing them or paying for professional repair. In other words, home improvement done by the householder without the aid of paid professionals.
In recent years, the term DIY has taken on a broader meaning that covers a wide range of skill sets.

Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

E-say 2008-11-03

英语口语培训专家/易说堂英语 ::e-say: "Today's Correction & Comment:

Hi Nicholas

Wrong Pronunciation
: I stayed up late last night
a pillow case or cover
the two images of the silk embroided ducks are realistic looking
Wrong Expression
: mother kept it in the wardrobe
died>past away
New words & Idiomatic expression you didn't understand during class
:a lush jungle

Google Earth is a virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe

Thank you
Teacher Jeffrey"

Monthly Comments

Student's names Student'level Level 9
Teacher Jeffrey Period 2008-10-07~2009-01-19
Book Yang fan si IELTS analysis杨凡雅思
Attendance 完成30 / 无应答0 / 占线0 / 挂机0 / 延期0 / 缺课0 / 出勤率100%

Dear Nicholas,

Summery:
To my surprise a month has already flown by and you managed to do so with flying colors. I'm honored to have a keen and dedicated student such as yourself. You seemed to have grasp the concept of the IELTS spoken exam with ease. I'm really looking forward to our lessons to come where we can focus on more advanced vocabulary pertaining to particular topics and subject. At any time during the duration of our course if you would like to have additional material or information regarding English, please don't hesitate to ask.

Speaking:
I've notice you've began to speak your own idioms, that's wonderful. This month we can practice some more together. I would like to hear some English jokes from you this month.

Listening:

Try to indulge yourelf in more English media, films, music. While doing so, capture quotes and expressions in a pocket size notebook.

Pronunciation:
Only on rare occasions do I need to correct your pronunciation you seem to have a natural gift for the English language.

Vocabulary:
This will be our main focal point in the comming month. Please be prepared to write the new words down as I say them during class. I will also write them in your file at the end of each lesson but try to write them down, this will also help with spelling and listening.

Grammar:
Almost perfect :) Please try to find the time in your hectic schedule to continue writting short essays and articles to me via email.

助教：Annie